Turkey: No evidence again Amnesty’s jailed Turkey head, police conclude

June 18, 2018

Report says no evidence exists Taner Kılıç ever had ByLock app on his phone, basis of terror charges against him

Turkey’s Amnesty chair, Taner Kılıç, could be freed this week following a year in detention after a police report conceded there was no evidence to back up the chief basis of the charges against him.

The case is being watched closely by the European commission as a bellwether of Turkey’s overall political direction in the midst of its closely fought presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.

The newly submitted 15-page police report presents no evidence to show that Kılıç ever had the encrypted mobile messaging app ByLock on his phone, which Turkish authorities claim is used by followers of the exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. The prosecution alleged that the presence of the app was sufficient grounds to charge him with terrorist offences last June.

Amnesty had previously commissioned two expert reports to show ByLock had never been on his phone, but the reports did not persuade the courts to release him. Kılıç is facing a further hearing on 21 June.

The new police report – seen by Amnesty – details the forensic examinations carried out on Kılıç’s laptop, mobile phone, three USB sticks, a sim card and a memory card. The report concludes that “there is no evidence that falls within the parameters of the investigation” for each of the items under investigation.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/18/turkey-new-police-report-raises-hopes-for-amnesty-chairs-release?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.firstpost.com/world/taner-kilic-terrorism-trial-indian-government-must-help-tackle-turkeys-suppression-of-human-rights-activists-4228091.html

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eu-urges-turkey-to-provide-fair-trial-for-amnesty-chairman-132952

https://stockholmcf.org/no-evidence-against-amnestys-jailed-turkey-head-taner-kilic-police-conclude/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taner_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7

https://www.evrensel.net/yazi/81667/ozgurluk-talebi (TURKCE)

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180616-turquie-taner-kilic-amnesty-international (FRANCAIS)

http://agencias.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=2846417 (ESPANOL)

Tagged: Amnesty International, Turkey